A lesson of life!

[Vivacia]

There's an old man leading a donkey, a young boy is riding the donkey when they pass a group of people. The old man over-hears one of the group remark that it's terrible the young boy riding while the old man has to walk so they stop and change places.

A little further along they pass some more people and someone remarks that the old man shouldn't be riding the donkey and making the young boy walk. So, once more they stop and this time both start to walk.

Later they pass some more people and overhear someone say "Look at those two twits both walking when they could be riding" so, influenced once more, they both get on the donkey this time until, sure enough, they pass some more people and someone says "That's shocking two people riding that poor animal - someone should report that to the RSPCA".

So now they both dismount and start to carry the donkey. They get a short way when they come to a narrow bridge and, before they know what's happened, the donkey has fallen over the edge to it's doom below......................................

The moral of the story - If you try to please everyone all the time, you can kiss your ass goodbye.

 

[Richard49]

Thank you for the lesson
and the great story

 

[cindylouwho64]

That's cool - I had forgotten that story! True though - please yourself - that way you'll know it's the only person who truly appreciates it!!

 

[Weird Harold]

Today's joke formMailbits fits this thread well:

Life

1. Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

2. There is always a lot to be thankful for, if you take the time to look. For example, I'm sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt.

3. One reason to smile is that every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring.

4. Car sickness is the feeling you get when the monthly payment is due.

5. The best way to keep kids at home is to make a pleasant atmosphere - and let the air out of their tires.

6. Families are like fudge . . . mostly sweet, with a few nuts.

7. Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

8. Laughing helps. It's like jogging on the inside.

9. Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

10. My mind not only wanders; sometimes it leaves completely.

QUICK WIT

Catching her in the act, I confronted our 3-year-old granddaughter, "Are you eating your little sister's grapes?" I demanded.

"No," she innocently replied, "I'm helping her share."

 

[LukkyKnight]

There were these two men of Poland vacationing in a Middle Eastern country. They discovered they'd been duped by the travel agency, and there was no hotel reservation, and no guided tour awaiting them when they reached their starting point, so they went to the market to try to soak up some of the local culture while pondering their fate.

A short while later, conversing with a merchant, they admitted they were wondering how to see the sights. After hearing how they'd been conned, he chuckled and said, "What you need to do, sirs, is rent my camel for a day."

Not likely, they told him, they knew nothing about the animal and wanted a tour of the city, not a pet.

"But sirs, this is my trained camel. If you say 'down' he kneels so you can mount or dismount. If you say 'stop' he stops, if you say 'right' he turns right. He obeys traffic signals, and you can rent him for one day for 10 american dollars and hunt all over our fine city for a hotel that suits you. He always obeys whoever is riding him instantly, I am the finest camel trainer alive."

Well, they thought maybe that would be prudent, so the merchant got the camel down, they mounted, tied their luggage to the saddle, and he said, "Now, what do you think you say?"

"Up." said one of the two men, and sure enough the camel rose and waited for them to command him further. Delighted, they headed out into traffic, increasingly amazed at how well the camel behaved in spite of the fact that almost all the other traffic was motorized. He would stop for red lights, they could control the turns, though people did seem to stare and point at the sight of two Europeans on camelback...

At one such corner, as they were talking about what a marvelous deal they had made, they overheard a man in a truck say, loudly, "Look at the two assholes on the camel."

Thinking the beast was even more remarkable than they knew they hopped off and walked around behind to get a better view. The light turned green, and the camel moved out into traffic...